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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1798
Page
2
A sermon-like meditation urges spreading faith through personal outreach to the elderly and sick. It advocates Bible reading, forming reader circles serving the poor, and ministerial visits at home. It frames true Christianity as devotion joined with universal benevolence.
Foreign affairs remain undecided about potential conflict with the Continent. Providence appears in St. Marcou’s affair, possibly lifting enemy hopes, while the government may prepare an attack elsewhere to thwart invasion. The embargo aims to block communications at sea. American intelligence affects peace and ties to France. the Commissioners and Directory draft a troubling scene likely to shock Breach interests.
The passage argues that America will unite in defense, but predicts unpredictable actions by European powers. It suggests the spread of war depends on a single ruler with universal control of empires and events, as flames of war could trigger wider conflagration.
Extract from Citizen Bernadotte reports a Vienna mob hurled curses and stones at the French tricolor, broke windows, and threatened executions before cavalry arrived. He intends to leave Vienna for Rastadt, seeking French satisfaction. Other dispatches note arrivals, troop movements, and tensions between France and Austria, with Mentz army preparations and Swiss forces gathering.
A fragment notes wy, Montmedy, Nantur and others marching to join the army. Nidda and Imperial magazines are formed in Bavaria for 0,000 men. At Stutgard on April 27 differences between France and Naples court are settled and the duchy is tranquilized after concessions.
Italy reports a Florence conspiracy to murder the Grand Duke and his family. Sixty conspirators have been arrested in connection with the plot.
The National Assembly named Citizens Legrand Glaire Oberte Bay and Pfiffer to form the Helvetic Directory. On April 17 Basel Assembly finished its sessions and congratulated Legrand on his new honor, which he accepted reluctantly. Switzerland is divided into 23 departments with about 1,679,557 inhabitants. total population of the allied republics reaches about 42,000,000.
An 1797 letter from Black River recounts Spaniards raiding a cotton plantation, seizing a girl and a child before fleeing in a long boat, while in the same period reports from St Marys, Domingo and Mole Saint Nicolas describe mutinies, executions, brutal privateering, harsh interior cold, and a vast fleet assembling near Saint Domingo with Admiral preparing to sail on warships including the Queen and Thunderer.
The President informed the Senate and House that dispatches from the United States Envoys Extraordinary to the French Republic have been examined and considered. He expresses satisfaction with their efforts toward an adjustment and outlines progress discussed in his prior message to Congress.
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